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Image-processing Based Panoramic Camera Employing Single Fisheye Lens

  • Received : 2010.05.17
  • Accepted : 2010.08.31
  • Published : 2010.09.25
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Abstract

We have developed mathematically precise image-processing algorithms for extracting panoramic images from fisheye images. Furthermore, we have successfully built a DSP-based panoramic camera employing single fisheye lens.

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